Hobart and William Smith Colleges Athletics

Chris Kerber was named the head coach of Hobart rowing prior to the start of the 2023-24 season. An accomplished coach with collegiate and international experience, he's spent the past 15 years developing successful rowers at Cornell and Syracuse universities.
 
Kerber comes to Geneva after most recently serving as an assistant coach for the Syracuse women’s rowing team. He was responsible for coaching the Orange’s third and fourth varsity eights. The third varsity eight finished second at this year’s Atlantic Coast Conference Championship. The 3V8 won a silver medal at the Eastern Sprints.
 
Prior to his time in Syracuse, Kerber spent 14 years as the Henry E. Bartels Head Coach of Men’s Lightweight Rowing at Cornell University. With the Big Red, he was named the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Coach of the Year four times (2014, 2015, 2017, 2019), guiding the Cornell lightweight boats to four national championships. His varsity eight was named the IRA Lightweight Crew of the Year four times. Kerber’s charges won 11 medals at the IRAs in nine seasons.
 
At Cornell, Kerber was named the EARC Lightweight Coach of the Year three times (2014, 2015, 2017). His crews were named the EARC Lightweight Crew of the Year in each of those seasons. Kerber led the Big Red to back-to-back Jope Cups, awarded to the school that wins the most lightweight points at the Eastern Sprints. His charges won 37 Sprints medals, having at least two crews reach the podium in nine of Kerber’s 14 seasons.
 
Kerber also was the assistant coach for the United States Under-23 National Team in 2016 and the senior national team in 2018. He also was the assistant director for the Head of the Charles Regatta from 2002-05.
 
Kerber rowed nationally and internationally for 14 years, making the U.S. national team seven times. Kerber was a two-time World Champion and medaled at the Henly Royal Regatta, the Pan-American Games and the U.S. National Championships.  He was an alternate at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
 
Kerber graduated from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in economics, finance, and statistics. He has a USRowing Level II coach certification and a NCAA Division I Coaches Certification.